BigAl1 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Love it they will take you to the festival but not home. result people will be forced to drive, no parking nearby and off course added risk of drink/drug driving. Brilliant - oh and we do not care about the local residents who might just want to get home either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 31 minutes ago, Bigal1 said: Love it they will take you to the festival but not home. result people will be forced to drive, no parking nearby and off course added risk of drink/drug driving. Brilliant - oh and we do not care about the local residents who might just want to get home either Of course they don't care about local residents. Several of the roads that we routinely use to get home (such as Dixon Road, Far Lane etc.) are being cordoned off as residents only access because of Tramlines, so we'll be forced to either go a much longer way round or stay at home for the weekend. It's bad enough with the council making us drive miles out of our way without this lot at it as well. Hillsborough Park is simply the wrong place for this festival of has-beens and nonentities, and I'd have thought last year's cancellation would have been an ideal opportunity to discontinue it for good, but I dare say somebody makes lots of money out of it so it will carry on being a complete nuisance for years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl1 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 9 minutes ago, metalman said: Of course they don't care about local residents. Several of the roads that we routinely use to get home (such as Dixon Road, Far Lane etc.) are being cordoned off as residents only access because of Tramlines, so we'll be forced to either go a much longer way round or stay at home for the weekend. It's bad enough with the council making us drive miles out of our way without this lot at it as well. Hillsborough Park is simply the wrong place for this festival of has-beens and nonentities, and I'd have thought last year's cancellation would have been an ideal opportunity to discontinue it for good, but I dare say somebody makes lots of money out of it so it will carry on being a complete nuisance for years to come. Couldn't agree more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheridan1-0 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) 44 minutes ago, metalman said: Of course they don't care about local residents. Several of the roads that we routinely use to get home (such as Dixon Road, Far Lane etc.) are being cordoned off as residents only access because of Tramlines, so we'll be forced to either go a much longer way round or stay at home for the weekend. It's bad enough with the council making us drive miles out of our way without this lot at it as well. Hillsborough Park is simply the wrong place for this festival of has-beens and nonentities, and I'd have thought last year's cancellation would have been an ideal opportunity to discontinue it for good, but I dare say somebody makes lots of money out of it so it will carry on being a complete nuisance for years to come. Its for three days....and it's been common knowledge for months that it would be going ahead...surely you can plan ahead and make alternate travel arrangements can't you..? Out of interest ..what do you do when there's a match at Hillsborough..? Edited July 23, 2021 by Sheridan1-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, Sheridan1-0 said: Its for three days....and it's been common knowledge for months that it would be going ahead...surely you can plan ahead and make alternate travel arrangements can't you..? Out of interest ..what do you do when there's a match at Hillsborough..? At least for the last 16 months that hasn't been a problem. But before that the closure of Leppings Lane for the entire afternoon and the closure of Penistone Road after the match was a real pain as well, if you must know. Wednesday's poor performances in recent years have meant that parking hasn't been too much of a problem, and with them getting relegated this time I can't see crowds picking up much. Two wrongs don't make a right. Tramlines was OK when it was a free event in the middle of town and didn't inconvenience anybody but now it's been commercialised and dumped on the people of Hillsborough, it's just a nuisance - park boarded up and off limits for a fortnight or more, roads closed, noise nuisance, tons of litter to clear up afterwards and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl1 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 minute ago, metalman said: At least for the last 16 months that hasn't been a problem. But before that the closure of Leppings Lane for the entire afternoon and the closure of Penistone Road after the match was a real pain as well, if you must know. Wednesday's poor performances in recent years have meant that parking hasn't been too much of a problem, and with them getting relegated this time I can't see crowds picking up much. They only (to my knowledge) started closing off Leppings Lane for the afternoon and Penistone Road fairly recently not sure if it was the last season with crowds allowed or the season before. Before then things were not so bad for residents and visitors who needed to travel through but lived outside of the immediate area where of course parking was an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Ritus Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 42 minutes ago, Sheridan1-0 said: Its for three days....and it's been common knowledge for months that it would be going ahead...surely you can plan ahead and make alternate travel arrangements can't you..? Out of interest ..what do you do when there's a match at Hillsborough..? An area suffers with football matches so should suffer some more with tramlines, perhaps share some of the suffering out to other areas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheridan1-0 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 20 minutes ago, metalman said: At least for the last 16 months that hasn't been a problem. But before that the closure of Leppings Lane for the entire afternoon and the closure of Penistone Road after the match was a real pain as well, if you must know. Wednesday's poor performances in recent years have meant that parking hasn't been too much of a problem, and with them getting relegated this time I can't see crowds picking up much. Two wrongs don't make a right. Tramlines was OK when it was a free event in the middle of town and didn't inconvenience anybody but now it's been commercialised and dumped on the people of Hillsborough, it's just a nuisance - park boarded up and off limits for a fortnight or more, roads closed, noise nuisance, tons of litter to clear up afterwards and so on. Tramlines should be applauded for how its grown over the years and it appeals to music lovers of all ages with events going off all over the city..and giving local people an opportunity to see up and coming bands and established acts ...having said that i understand that it could viewed as a nuisance to local residents....but realistically,where else in Sheffield,could you hold a 3 day event like this...? 1 minute ago, Arthur Ritus said: An area suffers with football matches so should suffer some more with tramlines, perhaps share some of the suffering out to other areas? What's a realistic alternative in Sheffield where you could hold an event like Tramlines over 3 days..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_N Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 Like AndyC mentioned on the previous page, there's plenty of alternative bus services which will be accepting tram tickets in the local area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalowl Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 33 minutes ago, Sheridan1-0 said: Tramlines should be applauded for how its grown over the years and it appeals to music lovers of all ages with events going off all over the city..and giving local people an opportunity to see up and coming bands and established acts ...having said that i understand that it could viewed as a nuisance to local residents....but realistically,where else in Sheffield,could you hold a 3 day event like this...? What's a realistic alternative in Sheffield where you could hold an event like Tramlines over 3 days..? Endcliffe Park and Norfolk Park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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